Planteome: Term Details for "akinete formation" (GO:0034302)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0034302
Name: akinete formation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which an akinete, a thick-walled (encysted) dormant cell derived from the enlargement of a vegetative cell, is formed. Akinetes typically have granular cytoplasm, are more resistant to environmental extremes than vegetative cells, and are characteristic of several groups of Cyanobacteria. Source: http://www.msu.edu/course/bot/423/algalglossary.htm#Reproductive, GOC:ds, GOC:mah, PMID:11948167
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0034302 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to akinete formation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to akinete formation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for akinete formation.
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